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sheet 1. noun 1 a police record of arrests and convictions. Probably a shortened RAP SHEET, but earlier sources for 'sheet' than this raise questions US, 1958. 2 a one-pound note; £1 in value. This survived, perhaps surprisingly, the introduction of the coin in 1983 UK, 1968. 3 a newspaper US, 1981. 4 one hundred doses of LSD soaked into paper US, 1999 2. verb to charge someone with a criminal offence. Police use UK, 2002
idiomsheetstart with a clean sheet (of paper)to be given a chance to do something in a new way, or without being blamed for your former mistakes:One reason firms are willing to start with a clean sheet of paper is that it's easier to design a new business than adapt an old one.The company's problems have been solved, and their next chief executive can start with a clean sheet.(as) white as a sheet/ghostvery pale because you are frightened, ill etc:What's the matter? You're as white as a sheet, and you're shaking.Susan looked terrible, as white as a ghost, with dark shadows under her eyes.
See:- (as) white as a ghost
- (as) white as a sheet
- a clean sheet
- a clean sheet/slate
- be as white as a sheet
- between the sheets
- both sheets in the wind
- cheat sheet
- clean sheet
- crib sheet
- dope sheet
- four sheets
- four sheets in the wind
- four sheets to the wind
- keep a clean sheet
- poop sheet
- rap sheet
- scandal sheet
- scratch sheet
- sheet
- short-sheet
- sing from the same hymn sheet
- sing from the same song/hymn sheet
- sing from the same songsheet
- sing off the same hymn sheet
- sing off the same songsheet
- swindle sheet
- three sheets
- three sheets in the wind
- three sheets in/to the wind
- three sheets to the wind
- two sheets to the wind
- white as a sheet
- white as a sheet/ghost
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